Shaping gender policy in Turkey [electronic resource] : grassroots women activists, the European Union, and the Turkish state / Gül Aldikaçti Marshall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Conceptualizing the actors' roles -- Gender equality, women's rights, and stipulations within the enlarging EU -- Before the 1999 Helsinki Summit : the state's gender regime in Turkey -- Active citizenship : women's collective response to the state's gender regime in Turkey, 1980-1999 -- Aftermath of the 1999 Helsinki Summit : the role of the EU and the Turkish state in changing gender policies in Turkey -- Women's grassroots activism in changing gender policies after the Helsinki Summit -- Conclusion: sustained-pressure in shifting winds -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

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